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As Mulheres Que Projetaram a Máquina de Lavar

The Women Who Engineered the Washing Machine

Muito antes de existirem máquinas de lavar elétricas, gerações de lavadeiras já estavam desenvolvendo soluções para os problemas mais difíceis da lavagem, de espremedores esmagadores à agitação ineficiente. As patentes de Ellen Eglui e Margaret Colvin formalizaram insights que haviam sido testados em lavanderias ao longo de um século.

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women inventors
domestic engineering
washing machine history
embodied knowledge
patent history
labor history

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